NATIONAL DIGITAL INCLUSION SUMMIT

INVITATION TO BE PART OF THE NATIONAL DIGITAL INCLUSION SUMMIT - 17 AUGUST

2011 (PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A NO FEE EVENT)

Community Sector Banking & Huawei Australia would like to invite you to the upcoming Digital Inclusion Summit, which will be held at Parliament House, Canberra on August 17. Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy and Malcolm Turnbull, Shadow Minister for Communications and Broadband have both confirmed their participation in the Summit. The Summit aims to educate and inform key decision and policy makers by highlighting both deficiencies and best case practices within Australia, in a forum from which key recommendations can be drawn to further pursue the goal of not just building a network, but a 'networked society'.

While the event is a full day summit participants are able to come and go as they need to.

At the conclusion of the Summit and following on from his groundbreaking report, Connecting Communities: the impact of broadband on communities in the UK and its implications for Australia, Dr Tim Williams will be producing a report and roadmap of the outcomes of the Summit.

Please forward this invitation to anyone you think may be interested in attending the Summit.

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National Digital Inclusion Summit

When the Federal Government unveiled its #au20 National Digital Economy Strategy, it set 8 goals for Australia's Digital Economy by 2020. One clear goal is to make Australia's not-for-profit and community sector organisations rank in the top 5 OECD countries utilising broadband to drive growth and engage users. To meet this goal, Huawei has partnered with the AIIA and Community Sector Banking to host the National Digital Inclusion Summit in Parliament House, Canberra, with a mission to bring community sector organisations together to ensure no-one gets left behind.

2020 Goal: "Australia ranks in the top five OECD countries in relation to the percentage of businesses, and not for profit organisations, using online opportunities to drive productivity improvements, expand their customer base and enable jobs growth."

#au20 National Digital Economy Strategy

The stakes are high for Australia's community, business and not-for-profit sector. Already there is the risk that Australia's community service organisations are falling behind - with the National Digital Economy Strategy pointing to a <http://www.ixa.net.au/site​s/www.ixa.net.au/files/Mea​sureITsummaryReport.pdf
> report finding that the majority are struggling to put technology
> plans in place, and do not have the tools required to engage in the digital economy.

Hosted and facilitated by Dr Tim Williams, author of <http://www.huawei.com.au/c​onnectingcommunities/> Connecting Communities - the impact of broadband on communities in the UK and its implications for Australia, The National Digital Inclusion Summit aims to turn this around, to ensure that Australia meets its 2020 goals, to highlight the challenges ahead, and to identify current best practise strategies to ensure that no-one gets left behind.

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National Digital Inclusion Summit

17 August 2011, Parliament House Canberra - 9:00am - 5:00pm Register to

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